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World Spine Care Update
I
n April, World Spine Care (WSC)
returned to Botswana to report to the
Ministry of Health on the status of the
World Spine Care project. Te clinics in
Mahalapye and Shoshong are fully oper-
ational and, to date, 1,000 patients have
been evaluated and treated. A referral
surgical network has started and a rheu-
matology network is being developed;
the planned scoliosis screening program
for school children has been completed;
and research collecting primary care
data is in progress.
Te unparalleled highlight was the
frst Mahalapye Spine Care Conference
that World Spine Care leadership orga-
nized over the previous year. Te lec-
turers were world-renowned experts in
their felds from Canada, France, Swit-
zerland, Turkey, Australia and South
Africa. Tese volunteers shared their
knowledge with 104 health care profes-
sionals in a little town in a small country
in the interior of Southern Africa. Te
government gave their employees paid
leave and transportation to attend.
Te ongoing development of the
WSC program is a result of the amazing
selfess commitment to helping others
by a growing number of volunteers,
many of whom are in the photographs
that can be viewed online at http://
www.blurb.com/books/4461970-world-
spine-care-ll.
Te group then few to Cape Town
for two nights to meet with Archbish-
op Desmond Tutu and his wife, Leah.
Te next stop was Durban where Dr.
Haldeman chaired the World Federation
of Chiropractic Conference his last
round of this duty. Next came a long day
of fying in small planes to get to Mwan-
za, Tanzania, to conduct a feasibility
study for a WSC program in the sur-
rounding district. Te need is astound-
ing 250,000 people are served by a
130-bed, poorly equipped hospital, two
doctors and 50 clinical assistants and
nurses. Te leadership team is moving
forward with all the steps that need to
be taken to open a clinic.
In June, WSC leadership went to the
Dominican Republic to look into the
possibility of a WSC clinic in the town
of Moca near Santiago. Dr. Haldeman
was unexpectedly pressured by host,
Dr. Ramon Lopez, into two unique
consultations one on the street
outside the hotel, and one in the
supermarket.
To get involved with World Spine
Care, please contact Dr. Scott Haldeman
at scott.haldeman@worldspinecare.org.
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